Editing Alpha Centauri IV

'''Alpha Centauri IV''' was a [[Worlds|Ravenkraft world]] active from 2012 into 2013 — the first orderly, structured world after the founding anarchy era. Several players who joined here remained core community members for years.

{| class="wikitable" style="float:right; margin-left:1em; margin-bottom:0.5em;"
! colspan=2 | World Info
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| '''Era''' || 2012–July 2013
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| '''Active''' || late 2012 – July 2013
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| '''Type''' || Vanilla Survival
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| '''Server''' || RVNK Event (Arcology archive)
|-
| '''Directory''' || <code>alphac</code>
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| '''Founded by''' || [[Wizardofire]]
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| '''Arcology''' || [https://arcology.fourz.org/?worldname=alphac Arcology Dynmap]
|}

== Overview ==

A deliberate step away from anarchy toward co-operative city-building. The world supported a portal network, road and rail system, and — unusually — a '''player-built ship fast travel network''' that connected city docks by class-rated vessels.

== Cities & Settlements ==

* '''Ravenport''' — spawn capital; featured a Southern Bridge (constructed March 2013 with help from [[Mattfu]], [[TheWanderingFool]], [[justin1423|Justin1243]], Ajentsp02, and [[Twinkies97|AnUnhappyPickle]])
* '''[[Archea]]'''— captained by [[Moose696]]; key residents included [[Stalin77]] and [[Mattfu]]; featured a harbor with pirate island dock
* '''Sher''', '''Southerland''', '''Stalingrad''' — settlements in the Archea region
* '''[[Sol_Sanctum|Sol Sanctum]]''' — the spawn portal hub; housed portals to [[Zeal]], [[Kepler_22b|Kepler 22b]], and [[Dagobah]]
* '''[[Babel]]''' — coastal city; hosted the Unattainables Token Shop (blue-roofed tent, accepts tokens) and the portal to [[Zeal]]
* '''[[Iken]]''' — settlement built by Nickel, near completion December 2012
* '''Taconia''' — city south of which Jeffrey_starwars and Captain_Becky built a full Isengard replica complete with a mining operation
* '''Southern continent city''' — founded by RexisFern (December 2012)

== Notable Players ==

[[justin1423]], [[Mattfu]], [[ParadigmPlague]], [[Shammon]], [[Stalin77]], [[theoubre]], [[RyanPhantom]], [[TheWanderingFool]], [[Moose696]]

== Notable Builds ==

* '''[[Lichenacht]]''' — mushroom city built by [[Moose696]]
* '''Raven statue''' — built by Jekyell on the east side of Ravenport
* '''PvP games area''' — built by [[ParadigmPlague]] (as Bonerus); included a Spleef arena and a "paint gun" arena; celebrated for its use of mushroom blocks
* '''Isengard replica''' — built south of Taconia by jeffrey_starwars and Captain_Becky, with a functioning mining operation
* '''Player ships''' — [[Mattfu]] built a ship in Ravenport; [[Moose696]] moored one at Archea's pirate island; Leinoir built a vessel in the VOID world

== Ship Fast Travel System ==

A unique Alpha Centauri IV mechanic: players could build a ship in their city's docks and link it to another port for fast travel. Vessel classes by length:

{| class="wikitable"
! Class !! Min. Length !! Masts !! Travel Range !! Cost
|-
| Galley || 20 blocks || 2+ || 2,000 blocks || 40 tokens
|-
| Galleon || 60 blocks || 3+ || 4,000 blocks || 45 tokens
|-
| Frigate || 90 blocks || — || 8,000 blocks || 50 tokens
|}

Ships required an open waterway between ports and a ship present at both ends.

== Economy & Plugins ==

* '''Bartersigns''' — the original barter trading plugin.
* '''Token system''' — tokens earned through voting, ranking, and donating. Two tokens per day from voting on external server lists (minecraft-server-list.com, Planet Minecraft). Spent at the Babel Token Shop on spawn eggs, building moves, terrain regeneration, and more. [[Wizardofire]] took over its development during this era — his first Java project — adding enchanted-item support and laying the foundation for what eventually became the BarterShops system.
* No /warp or /home commands; the server used portals, roads, rails, and player ships for travel.

== The Ravenkraft Arcade ==

An early automated world-management system built with web scripts, command blocks, and custom code, located near '''[[Zeal]]''''s spawn. Players could load adventure maps, reset PvP arenas, and share instances. The first publicly playable title was the adventure map '''"From Ashes"'''. This system was a conceptual precursor to '''RVNKWorlds'''.

== Events ==

* '''NPC/VOID Skirmish''' — informal PvP event between NPC and VOID factions (2013)
* '''Naval Battles''' — proposed by [[Stalin77]]; rules discussed for ship-to-ship combat
* '''Screenshot Contest''' — build submissions with token prizes, deadline March 16, 2013

== Notes ==

In '''July 2013''' two Event server worlds — [[Kepler_22b|Kepler 22b]] and [[Dagobah]] — were merged into Ravenkraft and made accessible from [[Sol_Sanctum|Sol Sanctum]]'s portals, requiring players to manually clear their inventories for the import. This is among the earliest documented use of the Event server concept on Ravenkraft.

[[RyanPhantom]] documented the era through livestreams. A world map was created for Alpha Centauri IV; one community member later suggested making a similar map for [[Zothique]]. At least one other world, '''Zeal''', existed concurrently and was reachable via dedicated portals.

== See Also ==

* [[Worlds]] — full world index
* [[Ravenkraft_History|Ravenkraft History]] — timeline of all eras
* [https://arcology.fourz.org/?worldname=alphac Alpha Centauri IV on the Arcology]

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